It is not news that the entire manufacturing industry is
struggling to find young people to join the “TRADES”. College is not for everyone and collectively,
as an industry, through TMA, NTMA, AMBA, SPI, SPE and other organizations and
associations, we are educating young people that manufacturing is their
alternative to college.
Recently M.R. Mold & Engineering teamed up with
Century High School in Santa Ana, CA. Century
High School promotes a program called STEAM (Science/Technology/Engineering/Art/Math),
offering students related technology courses.
Rick Finnie, president of M.R. Mold visited their school and introduced
M.R. Mold and mold making to the students.
Two weeks later 18 student and 3 teachers toured M.R. Mold. They began in Engineering and were shown how their
classes apply to our business. A tour of
the shop followed. Here they were
introduced to the many machines and processes that are part of building a
mold. The two hour experience ended in
our Tech Center where they experienced 3 completed molds; a plastic injection,
silicone injection and a compression mold producing parts. The NTMA (National Tooling & Machining
Association) and R.D. Abbott were also present and involved in educating the
students at M.R. Mold.
Surveys provided by Century High School solidified that
WE did educate, that we sparked interest in students who did not know of
manufacturing previously. As Rick Finnie
would say – “You don’t have to become a mold maker but find your passion and
BUILD something! Take pride in the fact
that you used your hands to produce something. “
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